“Opening minds to STEM careers”

MOOC for teachers

Final activity

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STEM careers event/activity

As a final course activity, we want to encourage you to apply the ideas learned during the
“Opening Minds to STEM Careers” MOOC, to create an outline for a STEM careers event or
activity of any kind. The objective is for you to put in practice your STEM careers knowledge
while developing a set of ideas/plan for an event/activity that you could implement in your
school.

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1. Learning Objectives and Assessment

1.1 What information do you want to transmit to your students, during the event/activity?
Pupil! If you want, you can become what do you want!

1.2 How do you think receiving this information will affect students’ everyday life and future
professional career choices?

Pupils will not abandon the road to the goal and, if necessary, they will be ready to change their
priority.

1.3 What will YOU need to do to in order to guide students and to support them in reflecting
about their skills and future career choices? (To get inspired, you can check Module 3)
I will give students information on STEM experts attending a careers fairs and I will make them list
their favorite options. I will also support them during the networking with professionals.

I will have students reflect about their strengths and abilities, so they can keep in mind this
information during an activity where professionals are invited to give talks about their
professions.

Prior a workshop activity, I will make students reflect on the topics we will be learning about
1.4 Following
during the implementation of the activity, will you assess any of the four cognitive
the workshop.
behavior dimensions of career development identified in the study “The Emerging Role of
Science Teachers in Facilitating STEM Career Awareness” (Cohen & Patterson, 2012)?
self-efficacy (students are comfortable with using tools of science)

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2. STEM skills
2.1 What are the STEM skills, which will be developed during the event/activity? (To get
inspired, you can check Module 3)

materials engineering

2.2 What are the soft skills, which will be developed during the event/activity? (To get
inspired, you can check Module 3)

Organization and ability to synthesize

2.3 What is the pedagogical approach that you will follow in order for these skills to be
developed? (To get inspired, you can check Module 3)

Cooperative learning, focus group, peer to peer, frontal lesson.

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3. Type of event
3.1 Choose in the list below the type of STEM event/activity that you want to implement in
order to promote STEM careers: (To get inspired, you can check Module 4).

Career exhibitions

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4. Event activities
4.1 What kind of activities do you plan to implement during this event/activity? (To get
inspired, you can check Module 1)
Exhibitions, Presentation of a given professional, group discussion, workshop

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5. Tools and Resources

5.1 How will you connect the event to emerging professions? (Will you develop links with
industries? What sources will you use to document yourself?) (To get inspired, you can check
Module 2)
Pupils attend to a creation of a wooden handwork, then attempt themselves. Over all, they talk
about their experience and interview the master.

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6. People and places

6.1 Who else will be involved in the activity and how? (To get inspired, you can check
Module 6)

Local Administration, local carpenter's museum

6.2 Explain how networking opportunities -for students- will be enhanced during the event
(specify with who: researchers, experts, alumni, professionals) (To get inspired, you can
check Module 8)

Networking with master will be enhanced during the implementation of a workshop on wooden
work. In particular, at the end of the activity, students will be able to ask questions to the master,
specifically about his/her professional activity and everyday work tasks.

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7. Gender equality
7.1 Which strategies will you implement to address gender equality during the event? (To
get inspired, you can check Module 5)

I will make sure I bring a female role model to the classroom

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